![]() Because we can produce paper straws in high-volume with a small footprint, we can offer a high-quality alternative for plastic straws,” added Arend van der Sluis, chairman of Tembo. “We immediately saw the opportunity to scale-up the worldwide production of biodegradable paper straws. Once we succeeded in producing tubes with a diameter as small as 3 millimetres, we knew we had a winning technology in our hands,” said Pierre Mousson, managing director of Imatec. “We were inspired to develop this paper spiralling technology because one of our sister companies needed higher quality cardboard tubes that were available in the market at that time. This Tembo company, based in Luxembourg, is renowned for its paper converting platforms. The starting point for the paper straw production is the paper straw spiralling technology, developed by Imatec. With its own paper spiralling platform, Tembo Paper will be the largest producer of paper straws in Europe. ![]() Tembo Paper is offering white label straws and paper spiralling technology for partners to start up their own paper straw production line. Under the company flag of Tembo Paper BV, the family-owned business will open its first production location in Kampen, The Netherlands). In the goal to eliminate plastic straws from the market as soon as possible. To read the full article in Dutch, click here.KAMPEN, NETHERLANDS: The Dutch group of companies Tembo, is setting up factories for the production of biodegradable paper straws. ![]() These systems support the primary process directly, and with this integral solution, a lot of actions are automated.’ The objective of TDC is to go further with modularity by linking all the product information (documentation, training materials) to the modules of the machine. Therefore, we implemented the PLM system PRO.FILE from PLM Xpert and integrated it with our CAD- and ERP systems (Solidworks and Trimergo). Process engineer Sander van Hoegee: ‘The success of Genesis makes that TDC needs to operate more efficiently in order to maintain the platforms. TDC has developed the Genesis-platform entirely in-house. For instance the machine platform Genesis, used for making and filling e-vaping cartridges, as an alternative for the traditional cigarette. And since 2006, TDC focuses on next generation products. ![]() By producing and selling these machines, Tembo hopes to obviate plastic straws in the short term. Like the new company Tembo Paper, that will start to sell machines that produce paper straws. Tembo wants to improve the world with their technology. So TDC does not only deliver high-quality, innovative machine platforms, but can also provide worldwide maintenance. For service and maintenance, TDC uses for instance Tembo’s service centers in Malaysia, the United States, South America and Russia. Because the companies each have their own expertise, they reinforce each other. Managing director Jeroen Slobbe: ‘All companies have their own name, but they present themselves as part of the Tembo Group. Now, with the fourth generation of the Van der Sluis family, the group expanded to fourteen companies with twenty sites in ten different countries. New companies were founded in Poland and England, and other companies were taken over. From there, the company started growing to a company that developed and manufactured their own machines. One of his sons started to automate the factory and trade in second-hand machinery. The paper concludes that there is need for concerted efforts from scientists in the Geoinformation technology arena to identify and address societal issues. Tembo once started as a cigar factory in 1912, founded by Hendrikus van der Sluis. Tembo is the new name for the international group of companies which TDC is part of.
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